Germany, Customs. A War Merit Cross 2nd Class With Swords Certificate And Accompanying Letter To Customs Assistant Laux United Republic of 1946 states that his death

1946 states that his death sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment in Canada

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Germany, Customs. A War Merit Cross 2nd Class With Swords Certificate And Accompanying Letter To Customs Assistant Laux United Republic of 1946 states that his deathA War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords certificate to Zollassistent (customs assistant) Bernhard Laux, dated to Berlin on 1 September 1941. It carries a facsimile signature of Generalfeldmarschall von Brauchitsch and is signed in blue ink by General Bodewin Keitel (1888 1953), a recipient of the German Cross in Silver. Measuring 147 mm (w) x 210 mm (h), presenting a folding crease and light scuffing of the edges, remains near very fine. The